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CVE-2012-2916: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sabre_class_admin.php in the SABRE plugin before 2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to…

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 81.2% of all records.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sabre_class_admin.php in the SABRE plugin before 2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the active_option parameter to wp-admin/tools.php.

Published
May 21, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.0% · 81th percentile

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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.0%

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VendorProduct
wordpresswordpress
dlosimple anti bot registration engine plugin

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine pluginup to 1.2.0 inclusive
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.1.1
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.2.1
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.2.2
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.4.0
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.4.1
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.4.2
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.6.0
+12 more rows
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.6.1
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.6.2
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.6.3
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.7.0
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.7.1
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.7.2
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.7.3
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.7.4
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.8.0
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin0.9.0
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin1.0.0
  • dlo simple anti bot registration engine plugin1.1.0

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2012-2912May 21, 2012 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the LeagueManager plugin 3.7 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject…
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  • ← EarlierCVE-2012-2913May 21, 2012 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Leaflet plugin 0.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
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  • Later →CVE-2012-2917May 21, 2012 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Share and Follow plugin 1.80.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

    —

    References

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    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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